Bisping: ‘Chael’s taking title, then losing to me in five round rematch’

Speaking with U.K. media YourMMA, Michael ‘The Count’ Bisping shared his thoughts on how he sees his path to retaining the UFC middleweight title.

“I think Chael will out-wrestle Anderson and beat him this time, and then I’ll get the rematch with Chael considering how close our fight was. If I had Chael over five rounds, I’d definitely beat him. In that last fight, I’d have stopped him in the fourth for sure. He was spent after trying to submit me in that third round. Towards the end of that round I was raining down shots on him.”

Easier said than done. From the sound of it, Bisping is confident that five rounds would be enough to gain the victory over the grinder, Chael Sonnen. It was a controversial close fight the two had at UFC on Fox 2, that some contested in favor of Bisping, despite the unanimous decision given to Sonnen by the judges. Either way, a rematch will not be likely unless we see both men pull out similar results against their next opponent.

A lot of people here must be new to mma…Chael destroyed Silva for 5 full rounds and Bisping took it to the end against Sonnen, if anyone has a right to say who’s good and you know you can trust them its sonnen

Sonnen needs to get his head out of his ass…lol he may have had the upper hand in the first four rounds the last fight…. He got cocky ..and he got caught .. Silva did what champions do ..they find the will and a way to win…Silva will KNOCK this arrogant embarrassment to the sport out once and for all.. Oh yeah …Thats if he makes it to the octagon before the Brazilian fans dont get him..lol He better bring a FLACK jacket ..SILVA WINS ..by KO NUFF SAID ….

@ Peter Flynn Scheidel… whatever Dude…bisping made it to the end cause of the fight because he wasn’t juiced up with steroids moron..and A championship fight is 5 FIVE MINUTE rounds… Sonnen got cocky and Silva found a way to win…Thats what champs do.. lmao.. Another Archair fighter ..who reads books and stats …and Bisping will be knocked out if he fights brain stann ..lmao

In spite of all the hate and nonsense and fantarded “LoL’ing” posted on this thread, Bisping is in fact a likely contender for a Sonnen rematch regardless of what happens between Sonnen&Silva in Rio or LasVegas or wherever their rematch eventually drops. Many MMA observers thought Bisping did enough to score a decision over Sonnen, and if you consider the potential hype factor and possibly even a pre-rematch TUF coaching bit for Bisping and Sonnen, a rematch seems almost inevitable…